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IANS 20 October 2022
The deaths of nearly 100 children in Indonesia have prompted the country to suspend sales of all syrup and liquid medication, the media reported.   It comes just weeks after a cough syrup in The Gambia was linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children, the BBC...

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Renee Dudley  and   Daniel Golden (ProPublica) 20 October 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Investigating cybercrime was supposed to be the FBI’s third-highest priority, behind terrorism and counterintelligence. Yet, in 2015, FBI Director James Comey realized that his Cyber Division faced a brain drain that was...

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Sebastian Rotella  and   Kirsten Berg (ProPublica) 14 October 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Tao Liu’s criminal odyssey took him from money laundering in Mexico to a massive scam in China to Trump’s exclusive New Jersey golf club. Investigators believed he may have infiltrated U.S. politics as part of a Chinese intelligence...

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Sebastian Rotella  and   Kirsten Berg (ProPublica) 12 October 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Xizhi Li pioneered a new method that enriched Latin American drug lords and China’s elite. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation found the Chinese government may have been involved.   In 2017, DEA agents...

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IANS 03 October 2022
Speculation surrounding the future of the Swiss banking giant, Credit Suisse, has been going on for several months in the markets, in business and political circles, as well as on social networks, The Street reported.   The second Swiss bank and one of the largest banks in the world...

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IANS 03 October 2022
Before the social media platforms were weaponised by political parties and their leaders, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was once asked if users' data on his platform was at risk. He unambiguously had said 'No', adding that there was no way the data of his users could be breached or "improperly...

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IANS 28 September 2022
Cloud major Oracle will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) more than US$23mn (million) to settle charges against the company for bribing officials in India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), thus violating provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in...

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IANS 26 September 2022
Do Kwon, founder and CEO of Terraform Labs that wiped out investors' money worth $40 billion, is now wanted by Interpol which has issued a red notice for him.   South Korean prosecutors have requested Interpol's assistance to trace the whereabouts of Kwon, the wanted founder of...

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Andrea Bernstein (ProPublica) 15 September 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat. But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself.   Ever since the FBI came...

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Cezary Podkul,  and   Cindy Liu (for ProPublica) 14 September 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse.   The ads on the...

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IANS 09 September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years, the BBC reported.   Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.   The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and...

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IANS 08 September 2022
As Apple was streaming its iPhone launch event, tens of thousands of viewers were glued to a fake Apple crypto livestreaming on YouTube with Tim Cook on stage.   The Apple crypto livestreaming on YouTube had an old interview with Cook and the user who ran the video aimed to grab the...

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Andy Kroll  and   Justin Elliott (ProPublica)  and   Andrew Perez (The Lever) 07 September 2022
ProPublica co-published this story with The Lever.   Emails and interviews reveal privacy-obsessed electronics magnate Barre Seid’s long history of backing efforts to attack climate science, fight Medicaid expansion, and remake the higher education system in a conservative...

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IANS 07 September 2022
Footage showing that some residents in the earthquake-hit Chinese city of Chengdu were stopped from fleeing their compounds due to a Covid lockdown has sparked anger and disbelief online, a media report said.    People in Chengdu said they were told to stay inside through a...

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IANS 06 September 2022
Chinese conglomerate ByteDance has laid off hundreds of employees from its video gaming division, the media reported on Tuesday, as the government cracks down on the Internet and gaming industry with strict regulations.   The South China Morning Post reported that ByteDance, owner of...

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IANS 05 September 2022
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was on Monday announced the victor of the contest for the Conservative Party leader, defeating former Chancelllor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak, and paving the way for her to become the next UK Prime Minister.   Disclaimer: Information, facts or opinions...

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IANS 25 August 2022
Twitter is now facing privacy probes in the European Union (EU) after the whistleblower complaint from its former head of security, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, created a storm worldwide.   Zatko's complaints had references to European regulators, alleging that Twitter misled or intended to...

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IANS 24 August 2022
Facebook users globally on Wednesday were left in shock and awe when celebrities like Lady Gaga, Nirvana and The Beatles filled their main feeds with endless posts with picture, videos and memes. The company later said it was a bug and fixed that.   Several Facebook users also faced...

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IANS 23 August 2022
The local newspaper industry in the US is backing the proposed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to force Big Tech to pay publishers for aggregating their news stories online.   The legislation aims to provide news publications a level-playing field, letting them negotiate...

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Andrew Perez (The Lever)  and   Andy Kroll  and   Justin Elliott (ProPublica) 23 August 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump’s Supreme Court picks and helped end federal abortion...

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